″ The space of all possible policies is gigantic...”
Well, maybe not necessarily. It depends on the grain of what qualifies as a “difference”, which then classifies policies as unique (individual) or distinct. Also, there are many possible moves in a chess game, but far fewer that make sense.
I found the concrete examples to be a bit dumbed-down compared to the cognitive rhetoric behind the main thrust of the piece. Also of questionable relevance. Contrast was a bit high, too.
I was thinking of political policies. Government bills can often be 800+ pages, and seem to contain many specific decisions per page. I could easily imagine one having 20 possible decisions per page, each with 10 options, for 500 pages (assuming some pages are padding), meaning 100k simple decisions total. This is obviously a very rough estimate.
I hope that better examples will become obvious in future writing, will keep that in mind. Thanks for the feedback!
″ The space of all possible policies is gigantic...”
Well, maybe not necessarily. It depends on the grain of what qualifies as a “difference”, which then classifies policies as unique (individual) or distinct. Also, there are many possible moves in a chess game, but far fewer that make sense.
I found the concrete examples to be a bit dumbed-down compared to the cognitive rhetoric behind the main thrust of the piece. Also of questionable relevance. Contrast was a bit high, too.
Great article!
I was thinking of political policies. Government bills can often be 800+ pages, and seem to contain many specific decisions per page. I could easily imagine one having 20 possible decisions per page, each with 10 options, for 500 pages (assuming some pages are padding), meaning 100k simple decisions total. This is obviously a very rough estimate.
I hope that better examples will become obvious in future writing, will keep that in mind. Thanks for the feedback!